Broom



Nav. 2 1926.' 1,605536' J. A. APPLEGATE v v Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES JAMES A. APPLEGATE, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

BROOM.

Application filed May 7,

In the manufacture of the common broom it is customary to build up the entire broom around one end of the broom handle, using the longer and `finer covers of the brooin corn for the outside and binding the whole around the end of the handle. This construction forms a somewhat wide shoulder on the broom proper with a widely spreading broom end. To secure the requisite spread of the broom it is sewed back and forth a number of times below the shoulders thereby forming an oblong sweeping end.

It is one object of the present invention to so construct the broom as to obviate the necessity of using the more expensive long covers of the broom corn and to eliminate the necessity of sewing the broom to secure the desired spread.

It is another object of the invention to cheapen the cost of manufacture of the broom without reducing its spread.

It is still another object to provide a construction that will permit the manufacture of a short heavy and strong broom.

Finally, it is an object to construct a broom that will be econolnical to manufacture, strong, durable, and highly eflicient in its practical application.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a broom embodying my invention, part broken away.

Figure 2 is an edge elevation of the same, part broken away.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, I show at 1 a broom handle having two spaced holes formed therein transversely thereof and adjacent to one end as shown at 2 2, and in these holes are positioned rods 3- 8 extending equally from both sides of the handle as shown.

At 4.-4-4-4: are shown individual broom units bound by wires 5 and impaled upon the spaced rods 3, two upon each side of handle l. The length of the unbound F portion of the broom is indicated by the numerai 6, its spread endwise by the numeral 7, and its sidewise spread by the numeral 8.

In the manufacture of a broom as hereinbefore described the long and more expen- 192'5. Serial NO. 28,649.

sive covers are not required, and the gathering and sewing as practiced in manufacturing the ordinary broom to confine the spread 7 and 8 within required limits, is not required.

In the manufacture of this4 broom, not only may the cheaper grades of the broom corn be used to the entire exclusion of the more expensive grades, but it may all be cut the same length and this length is less than the shortest that can be cut for use in the ordinary broom as heretofore made.

Furthermore, a broom of this construction makes a short broom with the usual length 6 and the proper spread 7 and 8, whereas under the old method of gathering the corn around a single central handle it is necessary to make the broom long to secure the proper spread.

By mounting'the broom units upon the rods as described they may be readily reinoved when worn and replaced with new units. Being held byspaced rods arranged in the plane of the handle they are firmly held against movement and may be Secured in position by wire or any other suitable means.

It is to be understood, of course, that while no finishing or covering of the bound portions of the broom is shown, this forms no part of the invention andmay be added in any form desired.

It is to be further understood that while I have herein shown and described but one Specific embodiment of the invention, changes in form, construction and method of assembly may be made within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A broom comprising a handle, a pair of parallel spaced rods positioned in one end thereof and at right angles thereto and eX- tending a distance laterally in opposite direotions therefrom, and a plurality of individually bound broom units impaled upon said pair of rods on each side of said handle to lie in the plane of the handle and rods and extending a distance beyond the handle end.

JAMES A. APPLEGATE. 

